One of our larger frustrations with the house is the complete lack of powerpoints in the rooms. The three children’s bedrooms only have one electrical point in each room, our bedroom has only two electrical powerpoints, and the main living areas also have a severe lack of powerpoints.
We have set-up a desk for our children on the “Meals” area of the house so that we can supervise them on the computer and with their homework, but there are no powerpoints in that area, and only two in the “Family” area. The “Formal Dining” room, which is my office, has only a single power point. From that single electrical point we are stuck running all of our networking, printer, and my computer from. It is definitely not an ideal set-up.
On top of that, the only thing that you are allowed to legally do in Australia for electrical work as a DIYer is replace a light bulb! Anything else must be done by a very costly electrician. I bet that the electrical unions absolutely loved getting that bit of legislation passed …
This is a frustration of ours as well. Now when we see a new plan we always make sure that there are more than enough powerpoints in every room possible. Its commonly overseen in plans and the living lifestyles have changed over the years from only needing a powerpoint for your bedside lamp and clock…….slightly different these days.
We have a similar problem at our place. Powerpoint placement and quantity is something that is looked at briefly as an afterthought when building.